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   Tony Langdon to JIMMY ANDERSON   
   Re: Wannabe HAM   
   22 Sep 16 07:51:00   
   
   -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-   
      
    JA> @MSGID: <57E2C2AA.594.fido-amateurr@freeway.apana.org.au>   
    JA> @TZ: 412c   
    -=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
      
    TL> 2.  RF forwarding.  There is a newer mode in RMS Express where if the   
    TL> RMS mailbox (the place you normally exchange Winlink mail with) loses   
    TL> Internet connectivity, you can instruct it to forward email via RF to a   
    TL> more distant RMS which does have Internet.   
      
    JA> Right - this - this is what I was talking about. :-)   
      
   Yes, so Winlink has ways to work around Internet outages over very wide areas.   
   :)  Of course, you can simply try to link to a more distant Winlink gateway RMS   
   directly.  My longest successful link has been over 3000 km to Darwin.   
      
      
   ... Nothing is foolproof. Fools are too ingenious.   
   --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49   
    * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)   

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